Siege Warfare in the Roman World: 146 BC-AD 378 Book

	Introduction	3
	Siege Warfare in the Late Second Century BC	5
	The eastern Mediterranean, 163-133 BC
	Rome's Spanish campaigns, 153-134 BC
	The siege of Numantia, 133 BC
	Siege Warfare in the Age of Marius and Sulla	13
	The war against Jugurtha, 111-105 BC
	The sieges of the Italian Wars, 91-88 BC and 83-80 BC
	Sulla and Mithridates, 88-85 BC
	Lucullus, Pompey and Mithridates, 74-71 BC
	Siege Warfare in the Late Republic	19
	Caesar's Gallic sieges, 57-51 BC
	The siege of Alesia, 52 BC
	The sieges of the civil wars 49-31 BC
	Rules of siegecraft?
	Siege Warfare During the Principate	31
	The Jewish War, AD 66-74
	The siege of Masada, AD 74
	Sieges of the second century AD
	Sieges of the third century AD
	The Elements of Roman Siegecraft	50
	The encampment
	The circumvallation
	The siege embankment
	Siege machinery
	Epilogue	56
	The siege warfare of Rome's enemies
	Siege warfare in the fourth century
	Further Reading	59
	Select Bibliography	60
	Colour Plate Commentary	61
	Index	64